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title: "Crystal Palace: Fans wish Christian Benteke had the confidence shown in this video"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/crystal-palace-fans-wish-christian-benteke-had-the-confidence-shown-in-this-video/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Tommy Joyce"
section: "Crystal Palace"
published: "2019-10-31T18:00:40Z"
modified: "2019-10-31T18:00:40Z"
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# Crystal Palace: Fans wish Christian Benteke had the confidence shown in this video

**Many Crystal Palace fans have responded on Twitter after popular fan account @HLTCO tweeted about a goal that Christian Benteke scored a few seasons ago.**

The account [tweeted](https://twitter.com/HLTCO/status/1189571874952486912) Benteke’s goal in the Eagles’ 2-1 win away at top of the league Chelsea in 2017.

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With Sam Allardyce at the helm, Benteke was fully in his stride during that season and scored the winner with a beautiful chip over Thibaut Courtois.

The goal shows Benteke picking the ball up from deep before making a strong run towards the box, playing a one-two with Wilfried Zaha before receiving it back, taking a light touch as Courtois goes to ground, before delicately lifting the ball over his head.

The big Belgian striker managed to score [15 goals from 36](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/christian-benteke/leistungsdaten/spieler/50201/plus/0?saison=2016) league games that season — by far his best and most prolific campaign at the club. He scored 17 in all competitions. Nearly three years on, he has added just [four more goals](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/christian-benteke/leistungsdaten/spieler/50201/plus/0?saison=2019) to his Palace account, scoring 21 goals in 100 games overall for the Eagles.

Many Palace fans responded saying how they wish the 28-year-old could have that confidence now.

Here are some of the replies below…

https://twitter.com/lee\_eyres/status/1189573704466026498?s=20

> He over runs the ball and kind of muddles through but it’s a great finish.
>
> — Ian (@IanSe19) [October 30, 2019](https://twitter.com/IanSe19/status/1189574808134127618?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> He wouldn’t dare try that now, and if he did it would end up as a throw in for Chelsea. Imagine if he refunds this form again. We’d have a class side.
>
> — Ryan C (@Ryceezy) [October 30, 2019](https://twitter.com/Ryceezy/status/1189574286526341120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

https://twitter.com/owenw\_14/status/1189593851184472064?s=20

> How I wish he'd get his MoJo (and confidence) back.
>
> — Jeffrey Stringer #FBPE (@Blooms\_Ghost) [October 30, 2019](https://twitter.com/Blooms_Ghost/status/1189638341920247808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)